Quitting Smoking Information

Quitting Smoking Information:

• In 2005, 45.1 million adults (20.9 percent) in the United States were current smokers—23.9 percent of men and 18.1 percent of women. An estimated 70 percent of these smokers said they wanted to quit.
• An estimated 19.2 million (42.5 percent) adult everyday smokers in 2005 had stopped smoking for at least 1 day during the preceding 12 months because they were trying to quit.
• An estimated 46.5 million adults were former smokers in 2005, representing 50.8 percent of those who had ever smoked.

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